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Dear Friend of AdPony.com (formerly HorseandRiderMatch.com),

I would like to inform you of some changes with AdPony.com that will soon be taking place. First, though, I would like to introduce myself. My name is Sara Goldstein and I am the new owner of AdPony.com! I am very excited to be able to improve AdPony.com and truly make it the ultimate horse experience. A few quick things about myself:

• I was born and raised in Colorado,
• I became involved with horses when I was eight years old,
• I currently own two horses, my first two horses, and plan to own them for many years to come,
• I am involved in 4H and horse showing, and
• I have been working with AdPony.com/HorseandRiderMatch.com since its creation.

Enough about myself, this letter is about YOU and YOUR relationship with AdPony.com. I am currently working on a plan to modify the entire website and many of the changes being made will directly benefit YOU.

I would like this website to become the ultimate horse resource, a place that every horseperson will visit to find the best and most up-to-date information about horses. To do this, I need your help. I plan to add many new pages of information for your benefit, but I want to specifically cater the website to your needs. In order for me to do this, I need you to tell me what information you need. When there is something, anything, you need to know about horses simply send me an email through our online contact form. I have created a network of people knowledgeable about horses who can quickly and easily get you the information you need. These people include vets, horse showing experts and lifelong horse people. I will contact these people or do the research myself and get the information quickly to you.

Now, I am sure you are wondering how this will help AdPony.com. The idea is that when I get your request for horse information, I will post all of the information I get for you on AdPony.com so that everyone can access that same information. In this way we can build up AdPony.com with the information that YOU want.

Another way that I hope to make AdPony.com an accessible and easy-to-use website is by allowing everyone, including yourself, to post traditional photo ads (the same ads that you have been posting on the website already) completely free of charge. That’s right ABSOLUTELY FREE! There is no hidden catch or fee; I purely want to make this website a valuable resource for you. All that I ask in return is that you inform all of your "horsey" friends about the website and all of its new, great features.

For those of you who are used to the design and navigation of the website, there is no need to fret. I plan to keep the same basic design; the submission of a horse ad will remain almost identical to what it had been, with one main difference: there will be no charge for it!

I also would like to attract horse rescues and nonprofits, so that they are able to post their horses and gain interest for adoptions, so if you know of any horse rescues be sure to let them know. We are also planning to add an icon that will allow nonprofits to designate their horses as being for adoption only.

So, if you love horses and want to access the ULTIMATE horse website; look no further than AdPony.com, a site designed for horse people, by horse people.

To contact me with suggestions on how to improve the website, please visit our online contact form.

I have found my perfect match, now it's time to find yours!

Enjoy!
Sara Goldstein

posted by CowgirlZD at 6:02 PM 0 comments  

going side ways is not dressage

I have been in dressage professionally for 30 years. It has dominated my life, it has been my life study. When I hear someone say they ride western and do dressage,(meaning that their horse goes sideways off the leg, and puts it's head down so appears round, and they claim that the horse is on the bit,) I cringe. Going forward and sidways on a horse is not dressage, though it makes any horse nicer to ride. Having the horses nose on the verticle and neck arched and low does not promice that the horse is on the bit and swinging through the back. Most western horses have thick round and very strong muscles.Their muscles to not easily stretch and their stride stays close to the ground. They are built to hunker down and watch the cow, not lift and passage across the diagnal.

The part of dressage that most do not get is that it is not faster and slower it is longer and shorter. It is not neck down, it is hind end under pushing forward so the back and shoulders are lifted up and out.

I am off to go watch RFD down under horsemanship. I love dressage but am now learning reining. By the end of next year I will know a lot more about the western side of detail riding. But please do not tell me it is "Western Dressage"

posted by Nancy at 6:02 AM 0 comments